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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Divine power"”.
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Divine Poetics: Representation of Genre in Ovid's Metamorphoses 6.70-128
… epic tradition as the embodiment of Minerva's divine power, he portrays the poetics of the Hellenistic tradition as the personification of Bacchus' divinity. Ovid illuminates his understanding of the two poetic traditions through Minerva's and Arachne's tapestries; while at the same time Ovid …
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SUBSTANTIAM REI MUTARE. FISICA ARISTOTELICA ED AZIONE MIRACOLOSA NELLA FONDAMENTAZIONE DUECENTESCA DELLA PLENITUDO POTESTATIS
… concept of "plenitudo potestatis" (plenitude of power) by utilising the tools provided by political theology and adopting a legal-ontological perspective. Following this path, after an introduction that outlines some concepts employed in the research, the first topic examined is the medieval …
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The Broken Spell: The Romance Genre in Late Mughal India
… beings, underpinned by worldviews in which divine power was illimitable, and "occult" sciences were not treated dismissively. The promulgation of a British-derived rationalist-empiricist worldview among Indian élites led to the rise of the novel, accompanied by élite scorn for the romance as …
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Bernini Started It
… is a sacred focal point and manifestation of divine power and glory - the Church at the height of its power and an authoritative flaunting of papal infallibility. The altar rests upon the tomb of St. Peter from which the Pope traces his legitimacy. At this place of sacrifice, wine is …
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A reformed Evangelical critique of Thomas Jay Oord’s Evangelical process theology
… is to evaluate and critique Oord’s model of divine providence, identifying the internal inconsistencies within Oord’s philosophical and theological framework, problems in his methodology, and clearing up misconceptions he and the process tradition have of classical theism, while …
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A Comparison of the Health Beliefs of Florence Nightingale and Ellen G. White and the Incorporation of Them into Their Respective Schools of Nursing
… disease, exercise, temperance, and trust in divine power differed. These differences were related to very tent philosophical paradigms and family backgrounds. Aspects of each woman's health beliefs were found in the curriculums of her respective school, although documentation for the …
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Jah in the Flesh: An Examination of Spirit, Power, and Divine Envesselment in Rastafari
… part of their bodies. The dissertation proposes divine envesselment as a central theoretical and conceptual framework to understand the Rastafari belief that their deity Jah becomes a permanent part of their bodies, thereby imbuing them with divine power, authority, and identity to resist the …
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Resilience: The Lived Experience of Elderly Widowers Following the Death of a Spouse
… spiritual upbringing and roots. Belief in a divine power assured them they were not alone, and prayer helped them through difficult times. Preparing for eventual parting from their wives occurred over a lifetime, beginning with their military experiences. Other preparation included talking …
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Telling presences: narrating divine epiphany in Homer and beyond.
… of the iterability of type-scene or ritual. Divine epiphanies are moments of disruption or antistructure which provoke strategic, structuring responses, not least in narrative and ritual. But these responses do not subsume the potential that remains at the intersection between gods and …
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The Tongan traditional history Tala-E-Fonua : a vernacular ecology-centred historico-cultural concept
… is further traced in terms of the enforced divine power transference amongst the three principal deities. Furthermore, it addresses how hierarchy was risked within the interplay of religion and politics, and the way it was developed in Tonga in terms of the transformation of two regional …
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The Tongan traditional history Tala-E-Fonua : a vernacular ecology-centred historico-cultural concept
… is further traced in terms of the enforced divine power transference amongst the three principal deities. Furthermore, it addresses how hierarchy was risked within the interplay of religion and politics, and the way it was developed in Tonga in terms of the transformation of two regional …
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Pentecost, process, and power: a critical comparison of Concursus in Operational Pentecostal-Charismatic Theology and Philosophical Process-Relational Theology
This doctoral thesis comprises a critical comparison of the theme of concursus, the way in which God and humanity interact, in the Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational traditions. The comparison is literature-based; similarities and differences in the theological literature of each …
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A Study Of The Pokot Cultural Worldview: Missiological Implications For Seventh-Day Adventist Witness Among The Pastoral Nomads Of Kenya
… under trees, and at other sacred places where divine beings are presumed to inhabit is common. Their religious ceremonies are characterized by charismatic singing, dancing, chanting, jumping, and other forms of expressive passion that appease the deity.</p> <p>The pacification of the supreme …